The celebrated frog

Twain develops the character of Simon Wheeler by at the beginning describing him as boring he never smiled but then through out the story he starts to change as Twain writes "but all through the interminable narrative ran a vein of impressive earnestness and sincerity".

His word choice makes this story hard to comprehend but it also I guess you would say adds dimension to the story/character"He never smiled, he never frowned, he never changed his voice from the gentle-flowing key to which he tuned the initial sentence, he never betrayed the slightest suspicion of enthusiasm."

The narrator is observant and he seems a little suspicious. He is observing the other character Simon Wheeler and the narrator seems suspicious of Simon Wheeler wondering if Simon's friend who was also the narrators friend was even real or someone Simon made up. Apparently Simon is a shady character so the narrator says he quickly turns his life around.